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Fri-Sat: 11am-3pm, 5pm-9:30pm, Mon-Thu: 11am-3pm, 5pm-9pm
Great service and food, extremely accomodating – We needed to move a 9-person client presentation at the last minute thanks to another restaurant lying about their
Italian Restaraunts: Pazzo Glastonbury – I love Pazzos. I dislike Pazzos too. Ok, I'll reconcile my thoughts:
1) Service is generally very good
2) Food is generally very good (I've eaten there 20 times and really only 1 poor meal)
3) Price. Here is the problem. My wife is from Long Island. When I visit the Italian restaraunts on Island the"average" place has so much better food for 20-40% on average less than Pazzos. Stupid cork fee of $2.50 per glass, not disclosed, and the glasses are cheap - Disney Land cheap.
4) Ok, now you know the problem. Connecticut Northerners (ex Fairfield County) are generally saps - what folks from New York would call wimpy, lame, shy, whatever, you know who you are.
5) Folks in #4 generally do not demand a high standard. Empirical proof is all the crappy restaraunts in Glastonbury that would never las a year in Long Island / Hamptons.
Good food, but woefully overpriced – When Pazzo first opened, they were a reasonably priced, casual Italian restaurant. Their more simple but delicious pasta dishes could be had for $9.95. Then, suddenly, the prices went up to $14.95. Why is this? I don't know, but I can't see a justification for spaghetti with olive oil and garlic, or penne arrabiata, costing $14.95.
I haven't gone there since the astonishing price increase, so maybe this review should be taken with a grain of salt, but we're talking about pasta. $14.95 for a simple pasta dish is ridiculous, no matter how good it is. And unless they recently renovated, the atmosphere here is casual, so again I do not understand the prices. I would love to taste their penne arrabiata again, but it costs way too much.
The best Pasta in Hartford area – Pazzo is a cozy BYOB restaurant located in the center of Glastonbury. Pasta selections are numerous and outstanding. I highly recommend the "Pazzo Pasta" a gemelli pasta combined with chicken, tomatoes, roasted fennel in a light garlicky sauce. Risotto specials are not to be missed - particularly the seafood risotto. On the lighter side, the menu offers a varied selection of salads and sandwiches.
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How come in listing Kershaw's accomplishments next to Lincecum's, you make no mention of him being a two time all star? Also worth noting is the fact that he missed out on being the 2012 strikeout king by one strikeout. If you're gonna compare the two to make your point, you should really include ALL the facts and not just selective ones. Maybe it was an oversight… who knows…
Kerhsaw, Verlander in race to be first $200 million pitcher
Earlier this week, the Mariners and Felix Hernandez completed a seven-year, $175 million contract. It's the largest deal ever for a pitcher, topping CC Sabathia's original seven-year, $161 million deal with the Yankees, and it's also the highest average annual value for any pitcher on a multi-year deal, surpassing Zack Greinke's recent six-year, $147 million deal ($24.5 million per year) with the Dodgers; only Roger Clemens' one-year deal from 2007 ($28,000,022) comes in higher, though he received only a prorated share since he didn't join the Yankees until June 9.
With the completion of Hernandez's contract, attention has already turned to the next pitchers in line for similar megadeals that will almost certainly top the current standard in total dollars, average annual value, or both. Sooner or later, someone is going to become the game's first $200 million pitcher. Among the coming free agent class, there aren't any hurlers who figure to do so; the ages and injuries of Roy Halladay and Johan Santana — neither of whom is likely to have their 2014 option picked up (the former is a vesting option, the latter a club option) — figure to put a dent in their next deals.
On the other hand, two pitchers who will be eligible for free agency after the 2014 season may well agree to extensions with their current clubs sometime before they hit the market: 2011 Cy Young winners Justin Verlander of the Tigers and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers. Both stand a chance of joining Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto and Prince Fielder in the $200 million stratosphere.
Kershaw, who turns 25 on March 19, appears more likely to reach an agreement first, but could end up with the lower-valued deal. He's in the final season of a two-year $19 million extension signed last February, after which he will still have one more year of arbitration eligibility. Given his current salary of $11 million, he'd be guaranteed to receive a record-level award if his case were to go to arbitration; the current standard is the $10 million Ryan Howard won in 2008.
Whatever Kershaw receives, it will be less than then $20+ million he'd get if he were eligible for free agency, because that's just the way salaries work for players still eligible for arbitration; the record for any pre-free agency player is held by Tim Lincecum, who will receive $22 million this year. There's a caveat in that Lincecum was a Super Two who thus had four years of arbitration eligibility and an extra raise; he received $18 million plus a $500,000 signing bonus in his third year of eligibility, a standard eclipsed slightly by the $19 million ($17 million plus a $2 million signing bonus payout) that Votto will receive this year.
Kershaw may not get that much initially. Lincecum had two Cy Young awards, three strikeout titles and four All-Star appearances — not to mention a World Series ring — under his belt when he signed his deal in January 2012, plus the extra year of service time. Kershaw has one Cy, a pitchers Triple Crown (league leads in wins, strikeouts and ERA) and an additional ERA title to his credit; he won the latter one in 2012 but finished a distant second behind R.A. Dickey in the Cy Young balloting.
The Dodgers already have a payroll above $200 million, with four players on contracts of at least $100 million in Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Matt Kemp and Greinke. They've been spending money faster than they can burn it, but they aren't likely to hesitate in locking up Kershaw, who like Kemp is a product of their own player development system. General manger Ned Colletti has already expressed his desire to work out a multi-year deal, but the two sides have yet to sit down and discuss terms. Kershaw says he hasn't decided what kind of package he's seeking. The good news is that the hip inflammation which limited him late last year seems to have subsided; at one point it appeared surgery was likely, which would have definitely affected his next contract. More good news for the Dodgers: The contracts of Josh Beckett, Hanley Ramirez and Ted Lilly — all in the range of $13-$17 million per year — will be off the books after the 2014 season, affording the team some salary relief.
One thing is certain: Kershaw ranks among the elite pitchers up to this point in his career. His 138 ERA+ is the third-best of any post-1961 Expansion Era pitcher through his age-24 season (600 inning minimum), behind only Tom Seaver and Roger Clemens, both at 141, and he has more innings than either. His strikeout rate of 9.3 per nine is fifth, as is his Wins Above Replacement total of 23.7 (Baseball-Reference.com version). Among contemporary pitchers over the course of his five-year career, his ERA+ ranks fourth (Halladay is first at 144), his strikeout rate is third (Lincecum is first at 9.8 per nine), his WAR sixth (Halladay is first at 30.0). The latter ranking owes to the fact that the five pitchers above him all have at least 167 more innings to their name in that span.
Verlander, who turns 30 on Feb. 20, is in the fourth year of a five-year, $80 million deal signed in February 2010, one that will pay him $20 million in both 2013 and 2014. Even so, the deal looks antiquated by today's standards given that it's tied for the 17th-highest in terms of average annual value — tied with the freshly inked deal of teammate Anibal Sanchez, at that. The list of less impressive pitchers who are making or have made more per year than Verlander includes John Lackey, A.J. Burnett, Josh Beckett, Barry Zito and Carlos Zambrano, not to mention Lincecum, who struggled mightily this past season.
Verlander has quite a resume to show for his career already: six Triple Crown titles (three for strikeouts, two for wins, one for ERA), five All-Star appearances, a Rookie of the Year award, an MVP award, and a Cy Young award. He's the only player besides Don Newcombe to win all three awards, and the only player besides Sandy Koufax to win the Triple Crown, Cy Young and MVP in the same season. He's also got three other top five finishes in the Cy Young voting (including second last year), and has been part of two pennant winners.
However, his standings among pitchers through their age-29 seasons aren't much to write home about. Among those with at least 1,000 innings, he's 15th in strikeout rate (8.5 per nine), 17th in ERA+ (128) and 23rd in WAR (34.2). That said, he's been the game's third-most valuable pitcher over the past seven years with 34.4 WAR, behind Halladay (38.2) and Sabathia (37.4). His 129 ERA+ is fifth-best in that span, as is his 8.4 strikeouts per nine. He's taken a big step forward in his past two years, worth 6.3 and 5.7 WAR, respectively; his previous high was 3.2 in 2009.
Verlander has expressed interest in staying in Detroit, but neither he nor the Tigers have reached out as of yet, and he has also admitted that he's intrigued by free agency. Whether the Tigers can afford him is another matter. Given Fielder's nine-year, $214 million deal and Miguel Cabrera's eight-year, $152.3 million deal, owner Mike Ilich has shown he's not afraid to spend with the big boys. The Tigers ranked fifth in payroll last year at $133.0 million, and they're sixth at $145.4 million at the moment, with a handful of pre-arbitration salaries still to be set. Cabrera will be a free agent after the 2015 season, and the calculus of whether or not the Tigers want to keep him as well — and thus pay three players at least $24 million per year — could enter into the equation when it comes to their ace.
Verlander's workload — 1,553 1/3 innings total, with an average of 238 innings per year over the past four years — may give them pause. Since 1994, 29 pitchers have thrown at least 1,400 innings through their age 29 seasons. Thus far, only five have reached 1,000 innings from age-30 onward, and while the bulk of those pitchers are still active, only six have delivered at least 700 innings with an ERA+ of at least 110 so far.
All of which says that the odds of Verlander living up to his current standard over the life of his next deal remain slim. History has shown that only one pitchers with a contract of at least $80 million has been worth more than his team paid over the life of the deal: Pedro Martinez. That's according to a study by Baseball Think Factory's Dan Szymborski published at ESPN Insider, though his calculations don't include the existing deals of Sabathia, Cliff Lee and Matt Cain, or the new ones of Greinke, Sanchez and Cole Hamels.
Any deal for Verlander appears a ways off, and what happens this year will make the Tigers' course of action more clear. Likewise for Kershaw, particularly if a deal doesn't get done this spring, since the pitcher doesn't want to negotiate once the season starts. There's only a very slim chance that another pitcher will cut these two in line in the race towards $200 million. Reigining AL Cy Young winner David Price is arbitration eligible through 2015, and isn't likely to receive an extension unless he's traded by the Rays before then. So we'll likely have to wait a bit before any pitcher crosses the $200 million barrier.
LEMIRE: Hernandez has earned richest contract ever for a pitcher
As a Rays fan, I will just enjoy Price while we have him.
Pitchers make way to much. They only play one fifth a season after all.
@BrianKoziarski You should look up what WAR means.
@BrianKoziarski How much should they make?
@JoeCabot @BrianKoziarski less than aroid

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COLUMBUS — Georgia Tech's Seth Reeves won the Southeastern Amateur Championship for the second time in three years over the weekend, firing a final-round 4-under-par 67 to capture a three-stroke victory at the Country Club of Columbus.
The rising Tech senior and Peachtree Ridge grad overtook third-round leader and Columbus native Jimmy Beck with his closing round and hoisted the winner's trophy once again. Reeves shot rounds of 69-71-66-67 for an 11-under-par tournament total of 273.
"It's a great event. I'm really comfortable out here," Reeves told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. "I was surprised, I didn't know how I'd do coming back this year. In my mind, I was defending because I didn't play last year, so I didn't know what kind of pressure I'd have. I was really pleased, though."
Reeves tied for 13th in the stroke-play portion of the NCAA Championship earlier this month at the Capital City Club's Crabapple Course, guaranteeing himself honorable mention All-America recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America, and opened his summer schedule by tying for 13th at last weekend's Palmetto Amateur in South Carolina.
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It's a topic we've all been waiting for: "Honey Bee Health and Disease Resistance."
Jay Evans, a research entomologist with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory for the past 14 years, will discuss "Bee Disease Resistance and Colony Health" on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to open the fall seminar series hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
His lecture, open to all interested persons, is from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in Room 122 of Briggs Hall, located on Kleiber Hall Drive, UC Davis campus.
"Honey bees are vulnerable to poor nutrition, parasites and pathogens, and exposure to chemicals," Evans said. "These threats can occur in batches and little is known about the impacts of multiple challenges to honey bee health, and about the abilities of bees to fend off these threats. I will present recent work aimed at determining the impacts of multiple parasites on bee health. I will also discuss the impacts Varroa mites, chemicals, and bacterial symbionts on bee health and colony losses."
As a research entomologist, Evans has focused his projects on a range of bee pests including bacteria, fungi, viruses and, mites, and beetles. He is especially interested in the immune defenses of bees toward these threats.
Evans was an early proponent of the Honey Bee Genome Project and helped recruit and organize scientists interested in applied genomics for bees. He has improved and applied genetic screens for possible causes of colony collapse disorder and is now heading a consortium to sequence the genome of the Varroa mite in order to develop novel control methods for this key pest.
Evans holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Princeton and a doctorate in biology from the University of Utah.
The fall seminars, coordinated by faculty members Joanna Chiu and Brian Johnson, will be held every Wednesday noon through Dec. 11 in 122 Briggs Hall, except for Nov. 27, Thanksgiving Week, when no seminar will be held.
Under the coordination of professor James R. Carey, all seminars are to be videotaped and posted at a later date on UCTV.
Anyone with a computer can view the seminars, and yes, they're free.
Inside the hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Varroa mite on a drone pupa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollen: Precious Gold
The California Gold Rush (1848-1855) has nothing on honey bees.
Sometimes foraging honey bees are covered with their own kind of gold--pollen--or protein for their colonies.
We saw this honey bee dusted with gold from head to thorax to abdomen as she gathered pollen from blanket flowers (Gaillardia). Her flight plan seemed uncertain, as her load was heavy and her visibility, poor. She struggled to take off, but take off she did.
Speaking of the Gold Rush and honey bees, entomologists always associate the arrival of honey bees in California with the California Gold Rush. That's because honey bees were introduced to California in 1853, right in the middle of the Gold Rush.
Back then, the hills were covered with wildflowers where bees gathered nectar (carbohydrates) and pollen (protein). Today, however, scientists are worried about bee malnutrition.
"Honey bee colonies need a mix of pollens every day to meet their nutritional needs," says Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. "In fact, they should have a one-acre equivalent of blossoms available to them daily to meet their demands. They can fly up to four miles from the hive--a 50-square mile area--to gather that food and water (and propolis, plant resin)."
A worried beekeeper recently asked him about the declining bee population and wondered why his own colonies were dwindling. In addition to malnutrition, Mussen listed a few other possibilities:
Varroa mites – "They suck the blood from developing pupae and adult bees, shortening their lifespans. They vector virus diseases, the easiest to see being deformed wing virus. If you have adult bees around the colony with curly, undeveloped wings, then you have too many mites. If you see mites on the bees when you look in the hive, that is too many mites."
Nosema ceranae and other diseases – "You need a microscope to see the spores of a Nosema infection. Go to Randy Oliver's webpage, Scientificbeekeeping.com, and look at the information on Nosema ceranae and spore counting."
Contact with toxic chemicals – "Since your bees can fly up to four miles away to forage, that also is the distance within which they can get into trouble with bee-toxic chemicals. It is not likely that the organic farm is a source. However, if there are other farms around, or if your neighbors (golf courses, shopping centers, parks, playgrounds, etc.) are having problems with sucking or chewing insects, they may have used one of the neonicotinoids on their shrubs or trees. Turf and ornamental dosages are considerably higher than those used in commercial agriculture. So, the amounts of toxins in nectar and pollens can be toxic to honey bees and other pollinators."
Mussen also acknowledged that California buckeye blossoms are toxic to bees. "This was a fairly dry spring," he said. "Not too many weeds and wildflowers were around when the California buckeye came into bloom. Buckeye pollen is toxic to developing bee brood and to adult bees, if it gets to be their primary food source in the colony."
The problem could also be due to other issues as well, Mussen said. "Maybe the queens did not mate with enough drones, or the queens got too hot or too cold during their journeys to your hives, etc."
"As beekeepers, it is up to you to stick your nose in the hive, look at everything and try to determine what may be going wrong. If you are feeling way too new at this to have any idea of what is going on, then contact your local bee club--there is one in practically half of the California counties--and find someone to help access your problems."
And the pollen, that precious protein? "When beekeepers examine their hives, they should see a good supply of pollen with many colors," Mussen says.
Honey bee is covered with pollen from a blanket flower, Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee is dusted with pollen from the blanket flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lift off? The bee struggles to take off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What We Need: A Better Bee
Varroa mites, those pesky little parasites that suck the blood out of honey bees and spread multiple viruses, are now found throughout the world, except in Australia.
Scientists blame these parasites as one of the causes of colony collapse disorder (CCD), characterized by adult bees abandoning the hive and leaving behind the queen, brood and food stores. They attribute CCD to a multitude of factors, including pests, pesticides, parasites, diseases, viruses, malnutrition and stress. Thus, varroa mites are a key factor in the declining honey bee population.
Today's honey bees are ill-equipped to rid their hives of a varroa mite infestation. Indeed, beekeepers consider the varroa mite (scientific name Varroa destructor) as Public Enemy No. 1.
And that's one of the reasons why we like bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey's efforts to increase the genetic diversity in our domestic honey bee gene pool.
Cobey, who has a dual appointment at the University of California, Davis and Washington State University, is directing a stock improvement program which aims to do just that.
"Increasing the overall genetic diversity of honey bees will lead to healthier and hardier bees that can better fight off parasites, pathogens and pests," she says.
"We have collected and imported honey bee semen (germplasm) from their original European homeland to inseminate select domestic queens produced by the California bee breeders," Cobey told us. These California breeders supply queen bees and package bees nationwide. Honey bees, as Cobey points out, "provide the essential pollination for our crops, especially in California, "the breadbasket" of our country and our world.
Cobey and her team have also re-introduced the subspecies, Apis mellifera caucasica, a dark race of bee known for its collection and use of propolis, self-medicating plant resins.
What does a mite look like? Check out the mite-infested drone below. A boy bee's only duty is to gather in the drone congregation area and mate with the queen during her maiden flight, but that won't happen with this one. No thanks to the parasitic mites, he has a weakened immune system, crippling his ability to fly.
What will happen to him? His sisters will kick him out of the hive and he will die.
The lifespan of this mite-infested drone will be short. The brownish-orange "bumps" are varroa mites. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of varroa mite on drone pupa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pain in the Neck
To a beekeeper, it's a four-letter word.
Specifically, the varroa mite, also known as Varroa destructor.
It's a small (think flea-sized) crab-shaped parasite that feeds on bees, either in the brood (immature bees) or on adult bees.
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty, just updated his Bee Brief on this blood sucker. His Bee Briefs, all posted online on the department Web site, can be downloaded for free.
This Bee Brief is titled "Treating Colonies for Varroa Mite Infestations." (You'll also want to read his updated colony collapse disorder (CCD) Bee Brief.)
It's apparent, Mussen says, that resistant mites are now prevalent in the United States, including California.
"Chemical testing has demonstrated that varroa mites commonly are resistant to fluvalinate, coumaphos and amitraz. Losses of wintering colonies were over twice as high as 'normal' during the early 2000s, with one of the worst losses (40 to 60 percent) of California (and total U.S.) commercial colonies over the 2005-05 winter. Infested colonies dwindled away during the fall and winter."
Meanwhile, a hive without a varroa mite is a scarcity indeed.
You can see varroa mites on the larva (below) and on an adult bee.
Just think if you had a blood sucker on you like that.
Varroa Mite
Mite on Pupa
Those Dratted Mites
Those dratted mites.
UC Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor and a native bee pollinator specialist, sent us a BBC report linking a varroa mite infestation to a devastating honey production loss in the UK. It's the worst honey crisis ever to hit the UK.
In short: beekeepers are concerned that by Christmas, there may be no more domestically produced honey left on the supermarket shelves.
The mite infestation has already killed off an estimated quarter of the UK's honey bees, according to BBC correspondent Jeremy Cooke, who said about "one in three colonies has been wiped out."
The varroa mite, or the Varroa destructor, is a nasty pest. Now found in most countries (Australia is an exception), it's an external parasite initially discovered on the Asian honey bee, Apis cerana. Over the last few decades, however, it has spread to the Western honey bee (also known as the European honey bee), Apis mellifera.
The varroa mite entered the UK in 1992, reports show. It has since spread throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The blood-sucking parasite feeds on both adults and the brood (immature larvae). It weakens the bees, opening them up to all sorts of diseases. And eventually, if not controlled, it will destroy the colonies.
The bad news is that the varroa mite cannot be completely eradicated, but with proper control methods, the mite population can be kept at a low level.
When California State Secretary of Agriculture A. G. Kawamura visited the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis last month, bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey showed him dead mites on a hive floor. (See story on UC Davis Department of Entomology site.)
Kawamura is no stranger to bees or bee pests. As a youth, he reared bees--until the infectious bee disease, American foulbrood, upset his plans.
To control the mite, beekeepers usually use a combination of management methods. They use biotechnical methods and chemical controls. Unfortunately, in some areas, the varroa mite is developing resistance to miticides--another worry for beekeepers.
Said Cobey: "You need to reduce mite levels in colonies by late summer--August/September--to have healthy bees in spring."
Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of UC Davis says that in California, the Department of Pesticide Regulation "is close to approving another chemical treatment" to help control the mite problem.
It may be ready by next spring.
The mites will be waiting.
Mite on Drone
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Bad Studio. It is now August 2013, and I agree with the bad reviews from 2008 and 2009. I guess the owners decided not to take the criticism into consideration. I don't care how great of dance you are or were. This is a bad place for children due to the poor customer service and lack of ambition for younger students. The business is too old and lacks customer service, communication, technology and good ambitious dance teachers. I don't care if you think you earned your dues by dancing for years. Older people may not have to ambition to teach little children. I don't think the studio will be around much longer. For goodness sake, you can't send an email because the owners don't know how to use a computer.
A real Review from a real student – I'm an actual student at Monique's School of Dance. There's TONS to like about it. a First of all, the teachers are professional and some of the main teachers like Miss Cindy have even been doing dancing parts in movies! so they have REAL experience, along with having their own ideas of what to do for dances. They are also kind and funny. Students who graduate from Monique's have made real dancing careers and even opened their own studios! you can GUARANTEE you can leave Monique's with real dancing experience, no matter what other dance instructors say. Second of all, Monique's offers all kinds of dancing from ballet to hip hop. They have dance classes for all ages. Third of all, they have great dancing opportunities. Monique's has gone to New York every 3 or 4 years to be in the annual thanksgiving day parade, with their A and B companies, and they have great fundraisers for that too! Not many other dance studios do that, do they? Monique's also has Junior Lines 1 & 2, and A & B company (as i mentioned before) for extra dancing instruction. And lastly, for the ballet classes that is, the main ballet instructor Miss Monique, (the Monique in Monique's School of Dance) was like, the youngest prima ballerina in Europe and is very careful and precise for certain ballet positions and tests the girls well before putting them on pointe, unlike some other studios that put girls immediately on pointe with little or no testing of crucial pointe development skills. She is also precise in the dancing of ballet, having done so much of it herself. She is also very nice, like any teacher at Monique's. Monique's also offers dance camps, and welcomes any dancer from other studios or new dancers altogether. Monique's is not a competition studio either, but has equal opportunities. I'm not saying Monique's is perfect because it has some flaws and COULD have better conditions, but I personally think Monique's School of Dance is the best place to go if you want to improve or start dancing skills.
Addressing some hurt feelings and downright lies! – Usually I don't respond to reviews like this site offers. However, there were several statements made in some of them that are outright lies and misinterpretations.
When I first associated with Monique School of Dance I had come off the road doing ten years of national Broadway tours. I looked around the cities for months trying to find classes that would provide quality technique. I had trained as a dancer since age 9 and worked professionally in the theatre since age 3. I happened to overhear some dancers at Zenon talk about a wonderful ballet teacher in Apple Valley named Monique. I sought her out and stayed as her student and even became one of her faculty for more than 2 decades. Aside from her many fine personal qualities, she and her daughter Cynthia were very well grounded in technique and very well conected professionally. Over the years of my association, the students were presented with opportunities to study in workshops with some of the top dance professionals in this country...including Tony Award winning choreographers, the dance captain for Seigfried and Roy from Las Vegas, and Janet Jackson's dance captain to name but a few. As for the complaint about the cost of such opportunities...these people don't work cheap...THEY DON'T HAVE TO! There is no theft involved, it is a high cost affair to bring in this quality of professional.
As far as costume costs for the recital...it is literally grueling work to amass the costumes for over 900 students. She gets the best quality for what is in reality a very resonable cost. There is NO markup from the studio except a small amount which simply covers the cost of shipping. Having spent 20+ years involved with this portion of the business, I know for a fact that the only "upcharge" is for shipping. Outsiders like the mal-contents in some of these reviews are simply ignorant of the facts. Monique spends from her own pocket to make sure that the recital has the best accomodations with the best professional lighting designers, sound engineers, and stage hands in the cities. What none of these malcontents bothered to write was that NO ONE is required to be in the spring concert. It is an option, not an obligation. If the client doesn't wish to spend the money on costumes, etc. they are NOT required in any way to do so.
To the comment about the "Dancing Dads"...this has become a beloved tradition among the families of the A and B Companies. No father is required to participate...they look forward to it! It is a fun opportunity that they can share with their son or daughter.
And at NO TIME is there anything inappropriate in the music or choreography of such dances. Monique has for many years enforced a "no play list" with her faculty. She is ever watchful to assure that music and choreography are tasteful and age appropriate. Whoever wrote that cheap shot should be ashamed.
Having been on the "inside" I understand the workings and complexities of running a business such as this. Everyone has an opinion. Feelings can be hurt. But no one can question the intergrity or honesty of the ownership of this studio. Those that do, have no grasp of the truth, or of what dance technique is.
If you really love dance, you'll regret going to this studio – I used to be the same way as the people who have rated Monique's highly, when I was a student there. I thought that I was really training to be a dancer. Then I had to switch schools. There was no audition required, but I was placed in level 3 out of 6 levels of technique and all of the students (who were younger than me) were more advanced, stronger, able to execute more exciting dance moves....I could go on forever. They were better. period. My new teachers gave me clear corrections and better advice and hands on training as opposed to vague class comments like I recieved at Moniques. My new school informed me that I had hyper-extended knees, and gave me a sense of line so that I could move more comfortably and with confidence. Thank GOD I LEFT MONIQUE'S If you or your child truly loves dance, you will do the smart thing and leave too. In regards to the 4-5 star comments saying that people who don't love Moniques aren't good enough or were never wanted...that's OK. i used to be like you. I'm assuming that these comments are coming from people who think they're too good to have to make curfew or finish their homework ontime or brush their teeth, or from people who think it's cool to steal and cheat. I just wanted to post this, because I have attended this school for 9 years, I have attended other schools and found them better for myself as a dancer. I don't know if i would be in such good shape as I am now, and as happy, and as proud of myself if I had not switched when I did! Even at that time, I had set myself back by not making the switch sooner. Also, Dad's....you may want to get your kids out before they enter into the A and B Clubs, otherwise you'll find yourself in a dance costume, a stupid hat and sunglasses with stage lights in your eyes and your daughter/son dressed and dancing like a hooker, dancing innapropriately right up against you (she'll have to, because there will be 900 other dads an their daughters/sons on the same stage with you. As for the Mom's or adult women of the group.....totally stick with it if it's you taking adult ballet and tap. The tap program is awesome for adult women and any type of movement is better exercise than sitting on the couch and watching tv. But from the voice of a dancer/actress from the Twin Cities (currently working and very, very happy) get your kids out now. Or even just go to any other school and ask to watch a class or two to compare. I watched an old recital tape from Monique's and almost cried when I saw students go up on pointe with their legs not straightened and their backs swayed, and their legs not underneath their center and their shoulders hunched over at a dancer age where they don't have to be. It's not about being a physically different body type, it's about general common knowledge in teaching dance NOT translating to all types through Monique's. All body types can learn technique. This school is not fair to ANY body type!!!!! I even rember a girl who danced beautifully came to the school (gasp! with pointed feet that were turned out!) who Monique made a huge deal over during class.....who never came back becuase she had been trained well enough to know that she was wasting her time with this school and that she would not benefit from staying a second longer. In the end, if your child is having fun and is "happy" then I guess you should be too. Just know that you are paying for an after school activity, nothing more. We are all amazing in our own way, but get out anyway!
Family Oriented Studio – Whatever Thoang has written is lacking many facts. Her daughter did not have 3 different teachers. She had 2. The first one was married to a Marine in Service and chose to be with her husband. So sorry she didn't ask you first. Her second teacher was incredible and very experienced. You obviously did not take advantage of watching any of your daughter's classes when there was parent watch days. Monique's is very open to parents and children. The recital is a once a year performance. Kids take naps. I hope I never hear you keeping your child up past 8:00pm.!!! As for the building, why don't you voice your complaints to the owners?! The studio does not own the building. Good luck with another studio.
Poor Place to Dance – Not good with younger kids, poor customer service
We have a 5-year old and have been dissappointed by this studio's attitude toward parents and toward children. My daughter went through 3 teachers in 9 months.. Classes rarely start on time but aways finish on time or early. We paid for 60 minutes of class but the kids averaged only about 40--45 minutes of instruction. The recital went until 10:30 PM, which we feel is too late for children ages 3-6. Plus, they had to sit back stage for 3 hours between sets. Emphasis is in Monique's big recital rather than on teaching. Monique's is simply not very customer focused compared to other children's activities or other business experiences we have had. Facilities are old and not in the best of shape, particularly the restrooms.
Cons: poor attitude toward parents and children
i went there! – i went to moniqes and i still do ilove it there its awesome the teachers are the best and miss monique herself is awesome ilove her!
Great place for Dancing!!! – I have been dancing at Monique's now for at least 10 years. In my 10 years of dancing so far Moniques is and always will be the number one studio to me. All the teachers that work there are the best!!!!!, you get to meet some wonderful people, you get to learn fun and spunky dances, they work you to your full potential,and don't forget that it's sooooo much FUNNNNN!!!!! Monique's has made me the dancer i am today!!!! Monique's feels like a 2nd home to me!!!! If you are looking for a GREAT dance studio this would be the one!!!!
family at moniques – I danced at Moniques from when I was three until I was 15. This studio becomes your home and life. I grew up here and the love I have for the teachers and studio itself will never change. Unfortunately I was unable to go back to that studio, but I highly recommend this studio to anyone looking for a great ballet and dance education. I hope that this helps anyone who looks for a great studio that you can dedicate your time too.
I LOVE monique's! – i absolutely love monique's. the teachers are suuuuper amazing and in just the three years i've been dancing there i've learned so much and they have really helped me to become a much stronger dancer. all the girls and teachers at monique's are more than friends they make you feel like family. i love monique's so much. so to all of you people saying how much it stinks, i hope you have a nice life. i highly highly highly recommend this studio over all.
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|RUST ENGINEERING CO. ET AL Notice of Application for Variance From Construction Safety Standards
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|Variance granted to Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc. (formerly Rust Engineering Co., then Union Boiler Co.; revoked FR Vol. 73, No. 237, 12/9/2008), Pullman Power Products Corporation (formerly M. W. Kellogg Co.) and Hamon Custodis (formerly Custodis Construction Co., Inc, then Custodis Cuttrell, Inc.) from the standards prescribed in 29 CFR 1926.552(c), concerning personnel hoists and, 29 CFR 1926.451(l) (4) and (5), (now moot), concerning boatswain's chairs. Effective on April 3, 1973, and it shall remain in effect until modified or revoked.
I. Background.
On August 26, 1971, Rust Engineering Co. jointly with Continental-Heine Chimney Co., Inc., Custodis Construction Co., Inc., and the M. W. Kellogg Co., made application pursuant to section 6(d) of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1596) and 29 CFR Part 1905 for a variance, and for an Interim order pending a decision on the application for a variance from the construction safety standards prescribed in 29 CFR 1518.552(c), concerning personnel hoists, and 29 CFR, 1518.451(1) (4) and (5), concerning boatswain's chairs, which were made occupational safety and health standards by 29 CPR 1910.12 (Part 1518 has since been redesignated Part 1926). Notice of the application for variance made by Rust Engineering Co. et al. and of the granting of an interim order pending a decision on the application, was published In the Federal Register on January 25, 1972 (37 PR 1146). The notice invited interested persons, including affected employers and employees, to submit written data, views, and arguments regarding the grant or denial of the variance requested.
II. Facts.
The applicants are engaged in chimney construction and maintenance work and state that all construction projects are under the direct supervision of their principal offices even though the projects themselves are spread throughout the country. The addresses of the principal offices that are affected by the application are as follows:
Continental-Heine Chimney Co. Inc., 127 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60602.
Custodis Construction Co., 120 South Riverside Plaza. Chicago, IL, 60606, and Box 363. Bound Brook, NJ 08805.
The M. W. Kellog Co., Chimney Department, P.O. Box 1007, Williamsport, PA. 17701.
Applicants state that in constructing a chimney, the elevated working platform or scaffolding is moved upward with the construction. In order for employees to reach such a platform, an access ladder or equivalent safe means of access must be provided as required by 29 CFR 1926.451(a) (13). Applicants state that as the height of the construction increases to 400 feet, or more. It becomes impractical to use an access ladder and another safe means of access must be provided.
III. Decision.
It appears from the application and supporting data that there are special circumstances involved in transporting employees to and from the elevated work platforms and scaffolds in the chimney construction industry. It is found that there are many difficulties and hazards involved in the construction of a hoist tower and in providing a safe means of access from the hoist tower to the elevated work platforms and scaffolds. The construction of a hoist tower as required by 29 CFR 1926.552(c) is not a feasible method for transporting employees because it is not easily adaptable to chimney construction work.
IV. Order
Pursuant to authority in section 6(d) of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, section 105 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety. Standards Act, as amended, 29 CFR Part 1905, 29 CFR 1926.2, as amended, and in Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR. 8754), it is ordered that Rust Engineering Co., Continental-Heine Chimney Co., Inc., Custodis Construction Co., Inc., and the M. W. Kellogg Co. be, and they are hereby authorized, (1) to transport personnel to and from the elevated platform, during construction work on chimneys, utilizing a special workmen's hoist, including the hoist machine, safety cage with safety cables on opposite sides, safety devices that will grip the safety cables in the event of any failure of the hoisting cable and limit switches to prevent overrun of the cage at both top and bottom of the chimney, in lieu at complying with 29 CFR 1926.552(c); and (2) to transport personnel one at a time to and from the elevated scaffold during construction work on chimneys or chimney linings of a small diameter or from a bracket scaffold on the outside of a chimney, by utilizing a boatswain's chair attached to the hoisting cable of a material hoist from which the material bucket shall be temporarily disconnected, with the safety belt of the personnel being transported in the boatswain's chair attached to a safety clamp riding a separate lifeline of a 3/8-inch-diameter wire rope securely attached to the rigging at the top and to a weight at the bottom, and to substitute a material hoist for the block and falls when transporting personnel in a boatswain's chair, in lieu of complying with 29 CFR 1926.451(L) (4) and (5); in accordance with the following additional conditions:
(2) The hoist machine than be powered both in the up and down direction and shall be located far enough from the footblock to obtain correct fleet angle or proper spooling on the hoist drum.
(3) The hoist machine shall be powered by an internal combustion engine equipped with a torque converter or equivalent and forward-reverse transmission or by an electric motor with controls to provide for comparable operation. In either case, the hoist machine shall be equipped with the following safety provisions:
(ii) A winding drum not less than 30 times diameter of rope used, and flange diameter approximately 1½ times the drum diameter, with rope not to be spooled closer than 2 inches to edge of flange.
(iii) A line-speed indicator maintained in good working order.
(ii) An electromagnetic braking device, capable of holding 150 percent of the rated load, which shall be automatically applied upon cessation of power. The electromagnetic brake shall be properly located in the drive between the power source and the drum.
(6) Hoist machine wiring shall be equipped with terminal blocks for connections with limit switches that are placed at upper and lower end of travel to prevent the bottom of the cage from being taken above the platform level of the top scaffold or below the bottom loading platform. The hoist shall stop automatically if limit switch contact is opened.
(7) All electrical equipment shall be waterproof.
(8) Single lever control for both speed and direction shall be used.
(2) The hoist shall not be operated in excess of 250 ft./min. when carrying personnel.
(3) Signals shall consist of two-way radio or wired intercom between hoist operator, the lower 1anding, and the upper landing.
(2) Where clip fastening is used, there shall be at least three at each fastening and they shall be installed with "U" of clip on dead end of rope. Spacing, clip-to-clip, shall be six times the diameter of the rope.
(2) The line diameter of the footblock shall be not less than 24 times the rope diameter.
(3) The change in directions of hoist rope at the footblock shall be approximately 90°.
(2) The sheaves used on cathead shall have a minimum diameter equal to 24 times diameter of rope when travel of rope on the sheaves is approximately 90°. When using ½ inch-diameter rope, the corresponding minimum sheave diameter shall be 12 inches.
(1) One end shall be fastened to overhead support and the bottom end attached to a 100-pound weight with cable grips for adjusting. Safety cables shall be 3/8-inch diameter when used with two-man cage or ½-inch diameter when used with four-man cage.
(2) Clamping device used for fastening to weight must be of type that will not damage the ropes and will not require acute bending of the rope.
(3) Where the cage passes through the platform at top of project, adequate beveled cone shape guard shall be provided at the underside of the working platform.
(2) The framework of the cage shall be covered with aluminum expand-X or equivalent covering.
(3) The floor shall be of plywood securely fastened in place, three-fourths of an inch thick, for two-man cage or 1 inch thick for four-man cage.
(4) The roof shall be two thicknesses of ¾-inch plywood or in case of a steeply sloped roof shall be of 1/8 inch aluminum sheet.
(5) The entrance to the cage shall have a hinged gate equipped with a mechanical locking device.
(6) Safety clamps shall be at a type that are portable and can be attached or detached from the lifeline. The clamps shall be fabricated 100 percent of stainless steel, have instant holding action, and a solid self-locking pin, spring loaded, for locking the two parts together.
(7) The safety clamps attached on opposite sides of the cage shall grip the safety cables in case of emergency.
(8) The safety clamps shall operate on the broken rope principle.
(i) Emergency escape. An emergency escape device with accommodations for each man in the cage with a minimum 5/16-inch braided nylon rope or better, long enough to reach the bottom landing from the highest escape point below the upper landing shall be securely attached to the inside of the cage. Not more than one man shall use the escape means at a time.
(j) Welding. All welding shall be done by welders in accordance with § 1926.556(b) (5).
(k) When the safety cage is not being used to transport personnel, the safety cage and safety cables shall be pulled aside on the foundation and the hoisting hook transferred to the "bucket" for hoisting materials. The procedure shall be reversed when transporting of workmen is again required.
(l) The applicants, Rust Engineering Co., Continental-Heine Chimney Co., Inc., Custodis Construction Co., Inc., and the M. W. Kellogg Co., shall give notice to affected employees of the terms of this variance by the same means required to be used to inform them of the application for the variance.
Effective date. This order shall become effective on April 3. 1973, and shall remain in effect until modified or revoked in accordance with section 6(d) of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
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Brig. Gen. Paul Genereux Completes Nearly 40 Years of Military Service
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WEST POINT-- Major Gen. Steven Wickstrom, commander of the 42nd Infantry Division, presents a retirement gift to Brig Gen. Paul Genereux during Brig. Gen. Genereux's retirement ceremony here on Saturday, Jan. 14. Brig. Gen. Genereux is a past commander of the 42nd Infantry Division.
New York Army National Guard Brig Gen. Paul Genereux ended nearly four decades of uniformed service on Saturday, Jan. 14 with a retirement ceremony at West Point surrounded by friends, family and fellow Soldiers. He has led New York Army National Guard Soldiers through the Army's transition from the Cold War, through the Gulf War and into the new millennium's overseas contingency operations after 9/11.
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New year signals new art at Tennessee Tech, Craft CenterThe new year brings a whole slew of new art exhibits to Tennessee Technological University, both on the main campus and at the Appalachian Center for Crafts. -
On display at the Joan Derryberry Art Gallery in Tennessee Tech's University Center are works by two area artists, Claire Hampton and Sue Mulcahy, beginning Jan. 9 and continuing through Jan. 31. Both teach art at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tenn.
Hampton paints representational works are dark in both coloring and subject matter, which complements the haunting look of Mulcahy's abstract charcoal drawings. Both artists have displayed their work throughout the Nashville area, sometimes together, most recently in the exhibit "VAANGuard '95," a regional, juried show sponsored by the Visual Artists Alliance of Nashville.
Works by Ohio ceramics artist Kaname Takada appear in the small gallery at the Appalachian Center for Crafts from Jan. 5 to Feb. 26. Takada considers his ceramic pieces to be "sensual objects," he says, and hopes viewers will "feel my work rather than understand it."
He uses richly colored glazes over simple, rounded forms, allowing the kiln in which he fires the objects to add its own effects of cracks, blisters and texture to the work. A ceramics instructor at the Columbus College of Art and Design, Takada's work has been exhibited around the world in international and national competitions and in solo shows throughout the Midwest. His numerous awards include Ceramics Monthly magazine's "Best of 1995" purchase award.
Also on display at the Craft Center, from Jan. 19 to Feb. 26, are fine art and crafts by students from all over Tennessee for the second annual Juried Student Exhibition. Students in all media compete for top honors in a show judged by the Craft Center's resident Emerging Professional Artists.
The current exhibits at the Craft Center showcase Craft Center faculty and students. In the large gallery, the Holiday Festival continues through Jan. 5, with artisans from all media providing an elegant, handmade touch to "The Holiday Table."
In the small gallery, bachelor of fine arts candidates Kerry Ebersole and Rick Swafford display their ceramic works, including hand-carved terra cotta tiles and small, narrative sculptures. In the North Windows Gallery, bachelor of fine arts candidate Katherine McDougal has installed "Secret Garden," a display of colorful, working ceramic fountains. All of these exhibits continue through Jan. 5.
The art of Tennessee Tech can be seen off campus as well. Trella Koczwara, Tennessee Tech art professor and nationally recognized painter, is one of a pair of artists featured in "Flying Solo," the first of a new series of exhibits at the Nashville International Airport. The show includes work from Koczwara's tour of duty as the first woman combat artist to travel to Vietnam, as well as more recent landscapes and abstract paintings. The exhibit continues through Feb. 3.
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CURRY HIGH SCHOOL FFA SPRING PLANT SALE being held at the CHS FFA Greenhouse Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily. For more information, contact the Curry Agriscience Department 205-221-6531 or Curry High School at 205-384-3887.
WALKER COUNTY CENTER OF TECHNOLOGY FFA Spring Plant Sale being held at the WCCT FFA Greenhouse Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily. For more information, contact WCCT at 205-387-0561.
FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP OF WALKER COUNTY will meet Thursday, April 17, at 1 p.m. at the CHS Activity Center on 19th Street in downtown Jasper. For more information, call 205-387-1833 or 205-275-4984.
SUMITON COMMUNITY CENTER DANCE will be Thursday, April 17, from 6 until 9 p.m. Music provided by Country Classic Band. Admission $3.
DANCING WITH OUR STARS OF HOPE will be Friday, April 18, from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. at Rowland Auditorium at Bevill State Community College Jasper campus. Admission $15.
THACH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH/THACH FIRE DEPARTMENT/LOCAL CHURCHES having an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 19, at Thach Community Center on Alabama Highway 195 North. Breakfast at 8 a.m. (donations accepted). Egg Hunt at 10 a.m. For more information, call Linda Aldridge at 205-300-8558; or Lela Aaron-Vicente at 205-522-7205.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS LODGE #570/REBEKAH LODGE #94 on Main Street in Townley will have Easter Celebration Saturday, April 19. Egg hunt at 11 a.m. Cake Walk from 1 until 3 p.m. Selling tickets on drawing for prizes. Available from any lodge member for $1 each or 6 for $5. Need not be present to win.
RSVP VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION BANQUET will be Thursday, April 24, from noon until 2 p.m. at CHS Activities Center on 19th Street in Jasper. For more information, call 205-221-3760 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
RELAY FOR LIFE OF WALKER COUNTY-JASPER MISS HOPE PAGEANT will be Saturday, April 19, at Walker High School Pam Brown Theatre. Girls ages 0-19. Entry fee $45. For more information, Facebook "Miss HOPE Pageant" or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
PINEYWOODS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT on Pineywoods/Sipsey Road (just off Alabama Highway 69 North) will have a Political Rally for both parties Monday, April 21, at 6 p.m. Pot Luck Supper.
WALKER COUNTY CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION will meet Tuesday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m., at Moore's Landing in Jasper.
WALKER BAPTIST VOLUNTEER AUXILIARY accepting applications for 2014 Summer Teenage Program. For more information, call Ann Harbison at 205-387-4025.
PILOT CLUB OF JASPER will have its White Linen Luncheon will be Wednesday, April 23, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at CHS Activity Center at 19th Street in Jasper. For more informtion call Gina Nichols at 221-2576 or 221-8076.
WALKER COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC. will hold a community meeting Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m. at Dora Community Center to elect a board representative for the WCCAA. For more information, contact the WCCAA Executive Director Diedra Tatum at 205-221-4011.
RUBE BURROW GATHERING will be Friday, April 25, from 1 until 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Mary Wallace Cobb Memorial Library in Vernon. For more information, visit rubeburrow.org.
RELAY FOR LIFE OF WALKER COUNTY-EAST will be Friday, April 25, at 6 p.m. at Sumiton Park with Luminaria Ceremony at 9 p.m.
WINSTON COUNTY SMITH LAKE ADVOCACY INC. will hold annual open meeting Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at 6461 Winston County Road 41 in Arley. Doors opening at 6:45 p.m. For more information, call Judy Lambert at 256-747-4618.
SECOND ANNUAL PAULA WADE SCHOLARSHIP CHILI COOK-OFF CHALLENGE will be Saturday, April 26, at Scott Crump Toyota from 10:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. For more information, call Heath Wade at 205-223-2927 or visit www.pwschilicookoff.com.
JOHN C. HUTTO CAMP OF THE SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS will have a Memorial Wreath Laying Sunday, April 27, at 2:30 p.m. at the Confederate Monument on the Walker County Court House Square.
WALKER BAPTIST VOLUNTEER AUXILIARY will hold Masquerade $5 Jewelry/Accessories Sale Fundraiser Monday, April 28, from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Tuesday, April 29, from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the Education Center at Walker Baptist Medical Center.
JASPER AMERICAN LEGION WOODS-SMITH POST 9 will meet Thursday, May 8, at 11:30 a.m. in the Jasper Public Library Community Room. For more information, contact Adjutant James Snow at 205-527-7090 or e-mail email@example.com.
PILOT CLUB OF JASPER will meet Thursday, May 8, at noon in cafeteria at Bevill State Community College Jasper Campus.
MANCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH will host a Political Rally/Cake Auction Thursday, May 1, at Blackwater Restaurant on Alabama Highway 195 North. Candidates may register to speak for a donation. Buffet line will be open (donations only) at 5 p.m. Speaking to begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact MNW Captain Tommy Gay at 205-275-8885.
BURROWS CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH will meet Thursday, May 1, at 6 p.m. at the Philadelphia Baptist Church on Burrows Crossing Road. For more information, contact Jason Akins at 256-962-3082 or Libbie Myers at 205-221-9410.
ARGO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT on U.S. Highway 78 in Argo will have monthly breakfast Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 a.m. followed by Community/Board Meeting at 9:30 a.m. at the station.
17TH ANNUAL KANSAS DAY will be Saturday, May 3, at 9 a.m. Vendor booths available. For more information, call Mayor Shelia Clark or Jackey Cole at the Kansas Town Hall at 205-924-0072, leave message; or Cindy Wright at 205-300-0565.
JASPER SENIOR CENTER DANCE will be Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Music by the Smooth Country Band. Pot-luck supper at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 205-302-0955.
THACH DANCE will be Saturday, May 3, at 7 p.m. Music by David Uptain and Real Country. Potluck supper. Admission is $5. Children under 12 free with paid adult. For more information, call David Uptain 205-388-3566.
JASPER AFG (ALANON FAMILY GROUP) will meet each Monday in May at 8 p.m. at 216 Gardner Road in Jasper.
VIP (VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE) SUPPORT GROUP OF JASPER, will meet Tuesday, May 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Jasper Public Library. For more information, call Gail Smith at 205-221-1514; Shelby Mote at 205-697-4063; Cyndi Drummond at 205-221-9521; or John Black at 205-384-1666.
AMERICAN LEGION POST 101/LADIES AUXILIARY/SONS UNIT will meet Tuesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at Post Home in Carbon Hill. Refreshments served at 6:30 p.m.
MARVIN LEE FERGUSON VFW POST 4850 on Veteran's Drive in Jasper will meet Tuesday, May 6. Fellowship at 7 p.m. Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
VFW POST 4850 LADIES AUXILIARY will meet Tuesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the post home on Veteran's Drive in Jasper.
WALKER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY will meet Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. at Moore's Landing in Jasper. For more information, call 205-221-3296 or 205-962-3082 or 205-717-4027.
ARLEY AMERICAN LEGION POST 223 will meet Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Boy Scout Lodge in Arley.
ELDRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT Firemen's Gala will be Friday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Eldridge Community Gym. Gala reservation only. Tickets $15 ea. or table (8) for $120 (includes meal and entertainment). Deadline to purchase tickets Thursday, May 1. For more information, call Bobbie Dodd at 205-924-8162; Martha Tittle at 205-924-8381; Dorothy Tucker at 205-924-8536; or Eldridge Town Hall at 205-924-4383.
DILLWORTH COMMUNITY CENTER on Stella Lockhart Road will have its monthly breakfast Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 a.m.
WALKER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO EMERGENCY SERVICES (ARES) (HAM RADIO) will meet Saturday, May 10, at 8 a.m. at American Red Cross Office on Viking Drive in Jasper. Will administer test at 9 a.m. for anyone wanting amateur radio license or upgrade. For more information, call Jimmie at 205-527-4602.
JASPER HERB SOCIETY will meet Tuesday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Jasper.
FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP OF WALKER COUNTY will meet Thursday, May 16, at 1 p.m. at the CHS Activity Center on 19th Street in downtown Jasper. For more information, call 205-387-1833 or 205-275-4984.
AMERICAN LEGION POST 101/LADIES AUXILIARY/SONS UNIT will meet Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. at the Post Home in Carbon Hill. Refreshments served at 6:30 p.m.
MARVIN LEE FERGUSON VFW POST 4850 on Veteran's Drive in Jasper will meet Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. for fellowship and 7:30 for meeting.
SARAGOSSA FIRE DEPARTMENT will host a Four-Man Scramble Best Ball Golf Tournament Saturday, May 24, at Horsecreek Golf Course in Sumiton. For more information contact, Saragossa Assistant Fire Chief Mark M. Pendley at 205-302-8519.
WALKER COUNTY CONSTABLES ASSOCIATION will meet Tuesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Moore's Landing in Jasper.
ARLEY WOMEN'S CLUB will host 41st Arley Day Festival Saturday, June 21, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Hamner Park in Arley. Vendor booths will be $25 through May 31 and $35 after June 1. Deadline for vendor booths is June 19. For vendor information, visit Arley Women's Club Facebook page; or email email@example.com; or phone 205-387-7175 or 847-722-2525.
JASPER SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER taking trip to Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, June 27. Cost of trip is $120 per person. Full cost of trip is due by June 4. For more information, contact Loretta Roberts at 205-221-8513.


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Last week, ex-Auburn coach Pat Dye made news by saying that Auburn might not win another game this year. Yesterday on Paul Finebaum's radio show, Dye wouldn't talk about his old school at all:
"I don't want to talk about Auburn today and I'm not going to talk about Auburn today. I've already said enough."
Fair enough. But Dye did speak about Alabama. He spoke highly of Alabama. And when you speak highly about Bama in the Yellowhammer State, you're by default talking about the state of Auburn. Or at least many Tigers fans will take it that way. If one program is way up, then other can't help but be way down… in their thinking.
Of the Tide, Dye said:
"I believe it's the best college football team I ever saw. This is a football team in Tuscaloosa that is good enough to win a national championship and don't make any mistakes. When you don't turn it over and don't beat yourself, I can't recall seeing a better football team."
That's a helluva statement. Personally, I still think last year's team might have been a bit better than the current Tide edition — which is like comparing Jennifer Aniston to Angelina Jolie — but Dye's seen a lot of football in his time. If he says it's "the best college football team I ever saw," it means something.
To a Bama fan it probably means Dye is trying to jinx the Tide and set them up for failure.
To an Auburn fan it probably means, "WE CAN NOT FALL BEHIND ALABAMA EVER!!!!!"
Such is life the Heart of Dixie.


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